January 26, 2004
Watergate: Take Two
Republicans are alleged to have found access to Democratic internal documents through a security hole in a shared computer server. Republican staffers on the Hill are alleged to have used that access over a protracted period of time to leak information to the press and others to gain advantage over their rivals. An excellent discussion of this topic can be found at (of all places) ZD Net.
Assuming the allegations are a violation of law, (as they likely would be in exactly the same scenario amongst corporate competitors), the question is raised, will the Republican Department of Justice prosecute its own party members? At this point a radical departure from the Watergate scandal occurs.
Posted by David R. Remer at January 26, 2004 05:22 AMThis is more like Watergate than I thought. No one appears interested in this story. That is how Watergate started, a no interest story back in the paper somewhere. Appears America has no penchant for learning from its past.
Watergate, Take II. Viet Nam (Iraq) Take II. Reagan’s huge deficits and debt Take II. New boss, same as old boss.
Posted by: David R. Remer at January 31, 2004 02:30 PM
